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Economy
IMF Chief Congratulates Tsipras on 'Reforms'
A high-profile meeting between Greek premier Alexis Tsipras and IMF head Christine Lagarde has ended in Davos, Switzerland.
Lagarde tweeted shortly after Thursday's meeting: "We agreed to work together toward the shared goals of completing reforms and securing debt relief...
Diplomacy
Tsipras Raises Greek Minority with Albanian PM
Amid the recent focus on Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ high-profile Davos meeting with FYROM leader Zoran Zaev, the Greek leader also met Albania’s Edi Rama on a series of sensitive issues.
Tsipras was joined by Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias...
Crime
Greece Criticized Over Turkish Soldiers' Asylum Case
Greece's government on Thursday came in for stinging criticism from a German media outlet for its handling of the case of eight Turkish ex-servicemen wanted by Ankara for their alleged role in the 2016 coup attempt.
Spiegel Online carried a...
Environment
Greeks Wait To See Action After Athens Floods
After the deadly Athens floods which claimed over 20 lives earlier this month, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told Greece’s parliament the disaster was “unprecedented”.
He also had strong words for the local authorities, hitting out at “criminal and inexcusable political...
Greece
PM Tsipras Discusses Progress of Cyprus Talks With UN's Guterres and Chief Juncker
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed developments on Cyprus talks in phone calls to the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres and the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, at his office said on Monday.
Tsipras also discussed the new...
Cyprus
Gov Spox: Tspiras and President Erdogan May Meet in Early January
Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may have a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the first week of January, before the international meeting in Geneva on January 9-12, Cyprus government spokesman Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday.
The Cyprus...
Economy
PM Tsipras: 2017 Will Be 'The Year of the Real Economy'
The government's goal was to conclude the second review by the end of January and then join the European Central Bank's quantitative easing program in March, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras repeated in an impromptu talks with the journalists covering...
Economy
Tsipras Expects Greece's Bailout Program Will End Well in 2018, 'Without Additional Measures'
Speaking in the city of Iraklio during his two-day visit to Crete, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday ruled out the possibility that Greece will agree to additional measures to be implemented after the bailout program. Both the program...
Economy
European Parliament President Schulz Conveys His Support of Greece's Position in Meeting with Tsipras
On Thursday European Parliament President Martin Schulz met with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras where he expressed his full support of the Greek government concerning bailout negotiations, adding that if a problem in the negotiations would occur that it would be a risk to...
Cyprus
President Anastasiades and PM Tsipras Discuss Cyprus Talks and Security Guarantees In Brussels
In Brussels on Wednesday a meeting took place between Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras where the two leaders discussed their strategy for the Cyprus reunification talks which are scheduled to restart next month in Switzerland.
Both...